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Pickens County, Georgia

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Pickens County.

Total declarations
22
1974 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$13.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
268 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3642
Jan 24, 2026
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Federal spending

Public + individual assistance structure

Public assistance totals come from FEMA project-level obligations. Individual assistance totals prioritize the validated or intake totals without double counting both sources together.

Public assistance

Infrastructure repair, debris removal, emergency measures, and related project obligations.

Utilities$8.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$2.5M
Roads and Bridges$697K
Debris Removal$514K
Direct Administrative Costs$94K
Buildings and Equipment$85K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$63K
Management Costs$29K
Total PA obligated$12.6M

Individual assistance

Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.

Tracked registrations268
IHP / household aid$1.1M
Housing assistance$216K
Other needs assistance$885K
NFIP claims paid$162K
Timeline

Every declaration on record for this county

Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.

BiologicalMar 2020Pickens County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4501-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$2.1MPA obligated
157Registrations
$861KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Pickens County

COVID-19

EM-3464-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Pickens County

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$2.1MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Pickens County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1554-GA · Sep 14, 2004 to Oct 30, 2004
$500KPA obligated
42Registrations
$55KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 1995Pickens County

HURRICANE OPAL

DR-1071-GA · Oct 4, 1995 to Oct 5, 1995
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Pickens County

DROUGHT

EM-3044-GA · Jul 20, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1974Pickens County

TORNADOES

DR-425-GA · Apr 5, 1974
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Pickens County

Pickens County, Georgia has 22 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is above the Georgia average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $13.7M, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.

The NFIP flood insurance section shows 14 claims and 0 active policies currently tracked for this county. Flood insurance claims and disaster declarations overlap but are not the same — a county can have significant flood claims without a major disaster declaration, and vice versa.